From Photon to Perception: Rethinking HDR Validation for Automotive Cameras
High dynamic range (HDR) imaging has become essential for modern ADAS and autonomous driving systems, but producing a visually appealing image does not always result in better perception performance.
Trade-offs between LED flicker mitigation, motion blur, dynamic resolution and low-light performance can significantly affect how reliably vehicles detect and interpret their surroundings. We spoke with Gabriel Bowers, Senior Principal Engineer at Mobileye, about why traditional image quality metrics are no longer enough, how real-world HDR validation should be approached, and why a “photon to KPI” methodology is becoming increasingly important for safety-critical automotive camera systems.
Training the ISP: How Differentiable Imaging Improves Automotive AI
As vehicle perception systems become more dependent on AI, the image pipeline can no longer be treated as a fixed step before the neural network begins.
In this interview, Arm Technical Director – Imaging Alexis Lluis Gomez, explains how differentiable ISPs allow image processing parameters to be optimised directly against perception performance. From reducing manual tuning and adapting to new sensors, to helping preserve model accuracy across changing camera platforms, he explores how task-specific imaging could reshape the route from raw sensor data to production-ready automotive AI.
Pioneering Image Quality Standards in the Automotive Industry with Brian Deegan, University of Galway
Brian Deegan from the University of Galway will be joining us at AutoSens Europe with an insightful tutorial on “Camera Image Quality Assessment for Automotive Perception Systems”. Find out more about his experience in Image Quality, the key Image Quality metrics, and the evolution of these metrics…
Image Quality: Under the lens with Sheba Microsystems, indie Semiconductor and TRIOPTICS
A key focus area at AutoSens later this month will be image quality – incorporating current and future standards; highlighting the latest technology developments.